Roma and Luda Gimelfarb have visited Costa Rica annually for the past four years to search for their son, David, who disappeared in 2009. This year, they were met with a $250,000 extortion attempt by would-be kidnappers claiming to have David.
The Supreme Elections Tribunal called on Costa Ricans to exercise their right – and obligation – to vote while the presidential candidates zeroed in on unemployment and gaping inequality as the biggest challenges facing Costa Rica.
Guatemalan textiles have become famous throughout the world; however, the majority of the Mayan women who create them live in extreme poverty. Colección Luna is working to change that.
President Laura Chinchilla renewed her call for greater discussion about strengthening temporary measures handed down by the world court in an ongoing border dispute with Nicaragua.
The meeting between the two first women heads of state in their respective countries also was the first official meeting between the countries since the 1970s.
